What step of the cycle are we on now? (sh.itjust.works)
Tanksgiving (sh.itjust.works)
Avio did tanksgiving so well, they gave away tanks they required for the last flight of Vega!
Egypt joins China's ILRS moon base initiative (spacenews.com)
Seems like countries are rapidly choosing sides between China’s ILRS and the USA’s Artemis Accords. I hope the 2030s are as exciting a space race as the Apollo era!
Space Development Agency aims high for 2024 after strong 2023 start (spacenews.com)
The Space Development Agency has set its sights on an ambitious launch schedule for 2024 following two successful launches this year that marked steady progress for the fledgling U.S. Space Force agency....
Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
In a blend of interesting circumstances and happenstance, two private companies and Japan’s space agency are all poised to land on the Moon in the back half of January 2024....
Launch Roundup: SpaceX continues toward 100 launch goal - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
A nice overview of upcoming launches:...
China launches internet technology test satellite from sea barge (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — China launched a new internet technology experiment satellite from a sea platform Tuesday, apparently continuing tests for a low Earth orbit megaconstellation....
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)
A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon. In doing so India became the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and this further ignited the country’s interest in space exploration....
I kind of can't believe this actually happened... (sh.itjust.works)
Zhuque-2 rocket vertical on the pad ahead of launch later this week (nitter.net)
Source: Harry Stranger
30 years after its first repair mission, Hubble continues to observe the cosmos - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Nice overview of the history of Hubble, the recent gyroscope issues, and the possibility of a repair and reboost mission (Polaris 2) to extend the life and utility of the telescope.
Jeff Who in shambles right now (sh.itjust.works)
ULA's new large solid rocket motor storage facility in Florida (nitter.net)
Source: Tory Bruno himself....
Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission (spacenews.com)
NASA announced Nov. 29 that Hubble was in a safe mode because of a problem with one of its three operational gyroscopes. That gyro first triggered a safe mode Nov. 19 when it provided what NASA described as faulty readings. Spacecraft controllers restored operations of Hubble, only to see problems again Nov. 21 and 23....
Rocket Report: A mysterious explosion in China; Firefly tests new engine (arstechnica.com)
A nice overview of various recent and upcoming spaceflight topics:...
[Progress MS-25] Russia launches space station cargo ship – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Progress MS-25 launch:...
Blue Origin nearing New Glenn milestones ahead of debut flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Shanghai to foster commercial space ecosystem (spacenews.com)
Ursa Major closes $138 million Series D and D-1 financings (spacenews.com)
China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket (spacenews.com)
2023 has been another year with a record number of orbital launches (arstechnica.com)
Launch Roundup: Soyuz to resupply the ISS; SpaceX to launch more Starlink satellites - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
The week begins with Roscosmos planning to launch the Progress MS-25 resupply capsule on a Soyuz 2.1a up to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Then, a Falcon 9 launch out of Vandenburg Space Force Base (VSFB) will take multiple different payloads to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) in one launch and also has a return-to-launch...
Satellite imagery reveals explosion at China’s Jiuquan spaceport (spacenews.com)
Arctic broadband satellites complete key tests ahead of mid-2024 launch (spacenews.com)
Firefly Aerospace Completes First Miranda Engine Hot Fire Test - Firefly Aerospace (fireflyspace.com)
